‘Game Of Thrones’ Shocking Deaths — PICS

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Joffrey Baratheon was poisoned at his wedding — thereafter dubbed the Purple Wedding — in Season 4, Episode 2, “The Lion And The Rose.” His uncle, Tyrion Lannister, was accused of and tried for the crime, when it was actually Lady Olenna Tyrell who poisoned him and Lord Petyr Baelish (Littlefinger) who orchestrated it. (Courtesy of HBO)

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Lysa Arryn, sister to Catelyn Stark, was thrown through her own Moon Door in her castle, the Eyrie, by her husband, Petyr Baelish, after she threatened to do the same to Sansa Stark, believing her to be seducing Petyr. Before he killed her, Petyr cruelly told her that he had only ever loved one woman — her sister. This happened in Season 4, Episode 7 — “Mockingbird”. (Courtesy of HBO)

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Ned Stark was the OG Game Of Thrones shocking death for those who hadn’t read the books. All the way back in Season 1, Ned discovered that the Baratheon children were bastards of incest with false claims to the throne. He was accused of treason and he was given the option surrender and be sent to the Wall, but Joffrey had him executed regardless in Episode 9, “Baelor”. (Courtesy of HBO)

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Robb Stark & Talisa Stark were both murdered at Edmure Tully’s wedding, apparently setting off a Westerosi trend. Robb broke his vow to Walder Frey promising to marry a Frey girl, and the Freys were none too pleased. However, they pretended to play nice, hosting Robb and Talisa’s wedding at their castle, but nearly every Northman was fairly promptly slaughtered during the wedding feast. Grey Wind, Robb’s direwolf, was also klled, and his head was sewn onto Robb’s decapitated body. Lovely! This was in Season 3, Episode 9 — “The Rains Of Castamere”. (Courtesy of HBO)

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Catelyn Stark also met her end at the Red Wedding. She took Frey’s young wife, Joyeuse, and threatened to slit her throat lest Walder set Robb free. Robb was, of course, stabbed instead, and in her mad grief, Catelyn killed Joyeuse’s throat, anyway. Then, her throat was slit by a Frey. (Courtesy of HBO)

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For all his glory on the battlefield, Khal Drogo was felled by his own knife when he is challenged by one of his riders, Mago, who doesn’t want to listen to Daenerys’ orders, calling her a “foreign whore”. Drogo’s wound festers, and he falls from his horse. He finally dies in Season 1, Episode 10 — “Fire And Blood”. R.I.P., you handsome devil. (Courtesy of HBO)

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In Season 3, Episode 4 — “And Now His Watch Is Ended” — Lord Commander Mormont was murdered by his own unruly men at Craster’s Keep. Rast, specifically, kills him, but it was generally a mutinous group effort. (Courtesy of HBO)

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In “You Win Or You Die”, Episode 7 of Season 1, Robert Baratheon succumbs to injuries he sustained while away on a hunt after being gored by a boar. After that, Joffrey was named king — Cersei was not too upset about it. (Courtesy of HBO)

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In The War Of The Five Kings, Renly Baratheon throws his gilded crown into the ring, calling himself the rightful heir to Robert’s recently-vacated throne over Joffrey, whom many believed (correctly) to be a bastard of incest. However, Renly’s elder brother, Stannis, and the true successor to the throne, had him killed by a strange shadow creature that was birthed by Melisandra, a priestess of the Lord of Light. Don’t think too hard about it. This was in Season 2, Episode 5 — “The Ghost Of Harrenhal”. (Courtesy of HBO)

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Viserys Targaryen clearly had his death coming to him, and so it wasn’t shocking that he was murdered, but more so how it was done. He married off his sister, Daenerys, to Khal Drogo in exchange for an army that would help him take back Westeros. He was a vicious brat during their travels, threatened to kill Daenerys, and Drogo gave him his crown by melting some gold medallions and pouring the molten gold over Viserys’ head, killing him dead. This was in Season 1, Episode 6 — “A Golden Crown”. (Courtesy of HBO)

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In possibly the saddest death of all, Maester Luwin was murdered by Dagmer, an ironborn, after he knocks out Theon. At the time, their twenty men were outnumbered by Ramsay Snow’s northern army, and Theon was trying to convince his men to rally and fight. Luewin did not die right away; instead, he dragged himself to the godswood to die. Luwin’s was a totally senseless death — he was an old man, no threat, and the de facto parent to Bran and Rickon. This was in Season 2, Episode 10 — “Valar Morghulis”. (Courtesy of HBO)